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Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan has been adjudged Africa�s highest paid sportsman, according to The Magazine�s Money Issue salary survey project. The UAE-bases star is said to be on a yearly earnings of US$ 16 million and he is equaled by Tamba Hali who plays NFL side Kansas City Chiefs. The computation of earnings includes salary and/or prize money from the 2011 calendar year or most recent season. Gyan moved from English Premier League side Sunderland in September last year to Al Ain for a record loan fee. He is above Manchester City and Ivory Coast star Yaya Toure pocketing around US$ 322,000 a week with an estimated total net worth US$ 15. 4 million. Togo star Emmanuel Adebayor, in the books of Manchester City but on loan at Tottenham Hotspur, has total earning of US$ $13.3 million. Triple-time African Footballer of the Year Samuel Eto�o is worth US$ 13 337 000. The ESPN Magazine�s Money Issue salary survey project used earnings that were based on information from multiple sources including leagues, agents, sports federations, cultural centers and the United Nations.